The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-09-01

leg at Chickamauga. In 1S64-5 he held command
for a time of the western Confederate army, but
was relieved from duty in consequence of defeats
received at the hands of Gen. Thomas, He then
retired to private life and TO poverty. He died In
1872 leaving large family of dependent children
who were generously provided for by the citizens
of the south and elsewhere.
At 0 o'clock that very morning, Gen. Bu-
ford, securing about with his cavalry, saw
moving "clouds of dust" from the direction
of Gainesville and Thoroughfare Gap. Long
street, with $1,000 men, was already there,
thirty-six hours before he was expected As
for Longstreeet, he heard before he reached
Gainesville the noise Of the battle that had
already begun between Sigel's corps and
jackson, and then, he says, 1.-The march was
quickened to the extent of our capacity"
By II: 80 O'Clock Longstreet's line of battle
at Groveton was complete.
Hoods batteries were ordered into position
on the Warrenton turnpike Immediately on
their arrival,
Longstreet and jackson formed their line
of battle i'm the shape of blunt V at Grove
ton on the 29th. jackson was on the right
arm of it, Longstreet on the left. The dispo-
sition was a very advantageous one. Lee
commanded in person.
Popo had ordered Mcdowell and FHz John
Porter to move forward toward Gainesville
on the morning of the 29th. They were at
Bethlehem church, two miles away Nc
Dowell, being the senior officer, took on him
self the execution of the joint order. He gave
Porter an order and pushed on to the battle
field.
at this point begins the controversy which
led to the historic and interminable Fitz John
Porter case. Mcdowell understood his order
to mean that Porter should take certain
road, where q large body of Confederates
were seen advancing. The words were,
"You put your force in here Porter testi-
fed that he understood the order to be that
he should stay where he was.
The battle Of Groveton waxed hotter and
hotter. Pope was still ignorant of the arrival
of Longstreet in the afternoon. But at 4:3O
he sent an order to Fitz John Porter to come
up and go into action. Porter received it two
hours afterward. He did not obey it He
considered that he could not move his artil-
lery, and that. besides, there were too many
Confederates about there to risk it. His sen.
tence for disobedence and the subsequent
proceedings In reference to it are familiar TO
all newspaper readers,
At 3 O'Clock in the afternoon of the Goth
occurred seme OF the most barbarous fighting
known to modern times. Gen. Grover, OF
Hooker's division, charged on the Confeder-
ate left, commanded by A. p. Hill 1t was a
desperate charge, with bayonet and clubbed
musket, against the Confederate ranks. three
lines deep. After ferocious fighting Grover
was driven back. The ammunition gave out
among Hills men. They snatched UP the
stones from piles that lay about to be used on
the railroad and hurled them against their
foe. When the Union dead were afterward
gathered up considerable number were
found with their skulls broken.
At other points all over the field the con-
test was equally bloody.
The battle only ceased at D o'clock at night.
The armies slept upon the field. Pope be-